Directional drilling has been an integral part of the oil and gas industry since the 1920s. While the technology has improved over the years, the concept of directional drilling remains the same: ...

Directional drilling in shale formations is applied to place long horizontal laterals precisely within thin, mechanically favorable target intervals, enabling multi-stage stimulation and economic ...

Data from Permian basin drilling show the benefits of automation advances. Next-level drilling automation executes steering decisions from the bit guidance system automatically. Slide sequences are ...

Using indices to describe and compare drilling complexity and analyzing the efficiency of the energy applied to formations while drilling can improve performance. The first part of this series ...

DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Motive Drilling Technologies, the rapidly growing directional drilling decision-automation company, today announced that they have now guided over 2 Million feet using their ...

Total Directional Services, LLC (" Total Directional "), a leading provider of directional drilling and ...

Total Directional Services, LLC (" Total Directional "), a leading provider of directional drilling and measurement-while-drilling (MWD) services, today announced as part of its long-term growth plans ...